The Game of Thrones Prequel Has Its First Cast Member

HBO has been mulling over what to do with its lucrative flagship Game of Thrones franchise for a while now, and we now know a few details about what the next foray into Westeros is going to look like. One, it will be set "thousands of years" before the events of GoT. Two, the show is being developed by Jane Goldman, best known for writing films like Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class and the Kingsman franchise. Third, it will star Naomi Watts.

The Hollywood Reporterrevealed on Tuesday evening that Watts had signed on to star in the as-yet untitled series as "a charismatic socialite hiding a dark secret," which sounds in keeping with the spirit of the George R. R. Martin books.

With the final Game of Thrones season yet to have an airdate, don't expect this new show any time soon. It'll probably be another two years or so before we see what Watts, Goldman, and co. have in store, but if precedents set by the previous series are anything to go by, the two-time Oscar nominee's character will probably be brutally murdered around episode four. Don't get attached.

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